Recaps

March 7th bragged to Kiana about advancing in the Martial Arts Ceremony without fighting, while Kiana and Bailu visited Suiyuan and repeatedly frightened Huo Huo. Kiana learned that Tail had entered the tournament and teased it about facing her, leaving Tail’s confidence shaken.

• March 7th told Kiana that her opponents had forfeited, advancing her before she had fought, and announced a victory banquet.
• Kiana and Bailu arrived at Suiyuan, where their sudden appearance caused Huo Huo to faint twice and Tail to revive her.
• Kiana admitted she had come to play and scare Huo Huo, then asked Tail whether it had entered the Martial Arts Ceremony.
• Tail explained that heliobi could enter the tournament, and Kiana revealed that Abundance followers and Buli Ren were competing too.
• Kiana asked whether Huo Huo knew Tail was competing and teased Tail about losing before cracking her knuckles, making Tail back down.

Kiana watched the Martial Arts Ceremony, where Lord Tail defeated Sushang’s Gui Bao Fan Club and Boothill knocked Luca out of the ring. At the Alchemy Commission, Kiana’s ominous remarks kept causing accidents, and Ling Sha began examining Luca after Stelle said he had a mental illness.

• Kiana photographed Sushang’s misspelled team application and sent it to Suyi, who set off for the Luofu with a feather duster to punish her daughter.
• Lord Tail scared Sushang unconscious and defeated the Gui Bao Fan Club, which qualified for the revival match because of its popularity.
• Boothill defeated Luca with one punch, knocking him out of the ring without firing a bullet.
• Kiana visited the Alchemy Commission with the Dream Eater, and a series of accidents followed her comments about the building, flowers, and alchemy equipment.
• Stelle brought Luca to Ling Sha and said he had developed mental problems, but Ling Sha silenced Stelle when she began citing online medical advice.

Ling Sha examined Sushang and Luca at the Alchemy Commission, finding Sushang healthy but discovering a mysterious shadow in Luca’s cranial image. After Luca described his enormous meals, Kiana treated him, and Sushang’s attempt to lift Xuanyuan nearly injured him before Kiana stopped her.

• Sushang misunderstood Kiana’s zombie jokes and became convinced that she might be sick, so Ling Sha examined her and found nothing wrong.
• Ling Sha spotted a huge shadow in Luca’s cranial image, and Luca feared that he was dying.
• Luca listed the foods he had eaten, and Ling Sha found nothing in his diet that explained the shadow.
• Ling Sha asked Kiana to treat Luca, and white particles emerged from his body as the treatment took effect.
• Sushang touched a particle, felt stronger, and tried to lift Xuanyuan one-handed, nearly striking Luca before Kiana steadied her.

Ling Sha diagnosed Luca’s hallucinations as a reaction to Memory Essence in the Good Dream Bubble Drink and lent him her Dream Eater as therapy. Sushang became smitten with the creature and tried to take it along, leaving Ling Sha wary of her intentions.

• Ling Sha questioned Luca about what he had consumed and learned that he drank Good Dream Bubble Drink after his match.
• Ling Sha explained that the drink’s Memory Essence had intensified Luca’s anxiety, advised him to explore the Luofu and avoid the beverage, and concluded that his symptoms would fade without medicine.
• Ling Sha revealed her Dream Eater, and Sushang eagerly petted it while Zhangzhang played with it.
• Ling Sha let Luca borrow the Dream Eater for treatment and stressed that it was her privately raised pet.
• Sushang offered to carry the Dream Eater to the Jing Feng Ship, insisting that she only wanted to pet it, while Ling Sha suspected she wanted to claim it.

Kiana followed Zhangzhang to a strange chest, whose puzzle drew Dr. Ratio to the Luofu and led him to compete against Sushang. The revival matches and preliminary round concluded, with Luca advancing and the remaining contestants revealed.

• Sushang left with the Dream Eater, while Ling Sha realized Kiana and Zhangzhang had disappeared.
• Qing Que had completed her backlog and annual report, leaving Stelle and Fu Xuan stunned by her sudden diligence.
• Zhangzhang led Kiana to a chest containing a difficult biology question; Kiana answered it, prompting Dr. Ratio to come to the Luofu.
• Dr. Ratio questioned Sushang about knowledge and strength, then ended their revival match; Luca advanced while Sushang's team lost its chance to revive.
• The preliminary round ended, and Kiana noticed that Svarog had entered the competition without Clara.

Kiana’s quarterfinal match against Svarog was interrupted when the Cloud-to-Guard accused him of attacking a minor, and a photo of him offering Clara food seemed to support the charge. Kiana produced another photograph as evidence, leaving Clara and the spectators baffled by a baby in familiar red quilted fabric.

• March 7th advanced after her opponent’s identity was exposed, Yanqing captured the Abundance pest, and Luca advanced when Boothill was reported.
• Clara cheered for Svarog at the arena, while Yunli noticed her and Huai Yan recognized her as Kiana’s sister from Jarilo-VI.
• The Cloud-to-Guard entered the arena and accused Svarog of attacking and bullying a minor girl.
• Kiana let the Cloud-to-Guard present a photograph of Svarog offering Clara a skewer, causing spectators to suspect him of luring a child.
• Kiana called the accusation a misunderstanding and produced a photograph of Svarog holding a smiling baby wrapped in red quilted fabric.

Kiana and March 7th fought in the Martial Arts Ceremony semifinals, where March 7th’s earnest swordsmanship and affectionate moments with Kiana won over the crowd despite her loss. March 7th recovered in the lounge as Kiana learned Yanqing had defeated Luca, then forwarded Yanqing a teasing photo of their match.

• Kiana showed photographs of Clara growing up with Svarog, clearing up the audience’s misunderstanding and embarrassing Clara.
• Clara fled the ceremony, and Svarog withdrew from his quarterfinal, leaving the semifinals as the event’s main attraction.
• March 7th charged at Kiana when their match began, but Kiana caught her and prevented her from falling; March 7th’s flustered reaction delighted the crowd.
• March 7th displayed greatly improved swordsmanship, but she eventually exhausted herself, and Kiana carried her from the arena.
• March 7th woke in Kiana’s lap in the lounge, while Kiana told her that Yanqing had beaten Luca in a hand-to-hand match.
• Kiana forwarded Yanqing a photograph of him raising Luca’s hand and teased him for looking tiny and cute.

Kiana defeated Yanqing in the Martial Arts Ceremony final and taught him not to lose his composure in battle. After the ceremony, Ling Sha treated March 7th, who had swallowed a light bulb, and questioned her about it.

• Yanqing received teasing messages from Kiana and Jing Yuan before his final match with Kiana.
• Kiana overwhelmed Yanqing with her sword technique, then disarmed him and advised him to remain composed as a Cloud Knight.
• Jimi announced Kiana as the winner of the Martial Arts Ceremony, while Jing Yuan realized he had been upstaged.
• Ling Sha was called to treat March 7th after she swallowed a light bulb, and a crowd gathered to watch.
• Ling Sha sedated March 7th, removed the intact light bulb, and asked her why she had swallowed it after she awoke.

After a light-bulb swallowing craze caused by March 7th’s curiosity, Kiana made a fortune selling light-bulb-shaped candy. As the Luofu settled down, Kiana attended a private farewell banquet for Feixiao and Huai Yan on Jing Yuan’s behalf, leaving March 7th with a teasing promise about her formal outfit.

• Ling Sha explained that people could swallow a light bulb but could not remove it intact, and March 7th admitted she had tried after seeing a warning slogan.
• Kiana sold light-bulb-shaped candy across the Luofu and earned the equivalent of two Star Destroyers in one day, while Herta tried one and stopped all external communications for a week.
• March 7th swallowed a light-bulb-shaped lollipop and stayed stuck for hours, while Guinaifen attempted a candy challenge during a livestream.
• Jing Yuan asked Kiana to represent him at a farewell banquet for Feixiao and Huai Yan, and Kiana arrived in a formal dress chosen by Himeko.
• March 7th reluctantly let Kiana go, and Kiana appeared beside her to promise she would wear the outfit that night.

Kiana shared potent fruit wine with Feixiao, then gave some to March 7th, who became drunk and flirtatious before passing out. The next day, Kiana healed March 7th’s hangover with the Herrscher of Death’s power.

• Feixiao and Huai Yan drank the aged wine with Kiana, and Feixiao got drunk, fell asleep on Kiana’s legs, and was covered with a blanket.
• Kiana petted the sleeping Feixiao, took some wine into Imaginary Space, and later teased March 7th by calling it her new lover from the Luofu.
• March 7th drank the wine, became intoxicated, and flirted with Kiana before falling asleep in her arms.
• Kiana changed March 7th into pajamas, put her to bed, and went to sleep.
• March 7th woke with a painful hangover, and Kiana used the Herrscher of Death’s healing power to restore her.

Kiana learned how little alcohol March 7th could handle, then advised Ling Sha on confronting Alchemy Commission officials resisting changes to their overtime schedule. Later, Kiana visited Jing Yuan before the Astral Express prepared to leave the Luofu, where Black Swan struggled to convince the crew and Pom-Pom that she had been aboard the train.

• Kiana discovered that Jing Yuan's fruit wine contained less than five percent alcohol and concluded that March 7th was a one-cup lightweight.
• Ling Sha told Kiana that she was arguing with Alchemy Commission officials who supported mandatory weekend overtime, and Kiana advised her to confront them directly or use a pink sack.
• Kiana intimidated Jing Yuan at the Divination Department, ate his refreshments, and left without explaining why she had visited.
• On the third day after the banquet, Himeko confirmed that the Astral Express would leave the Luofu, while Stelle attended Yanqing's farewell gathering.
• Kiana, March 7th, and Stelle failed to recognize Black Swan as a passenger, and Pom-Pom also questioned when she had boarded the train.

Kiana and the others saw Fei Xiao and the visiting delegations off from the Luofu, exchanging unusual parting gifts. Fei Xiao gave Kiana her cherished fox doll, and the group prepared to take a farewell photo before the visitors departed.

• March 7th and Kiana went to the port, where they met Yanqing and Stelle and gathered gifts for the departing delegations.
• Stelle brought trash cans, March 7th brought Soda Bean Juice, and Kiana brought dolls modeled after herself as local specialties.
• Fei Xiao arrived, greeted Kiana playfully, and accepted the gifts from the group before giving Kiana her treasured fox doll in return.
• Fei Xiao said she regretted not getting to fight at full strength and thanked Kiana for helping with the events involving Jiaoqiu and Hulei.
• The group agreed to take a farewell photo with a cycrane before Fei Xiao and the visitors left.

Silver Wolf, Blade, and Sam were caught in a crash that brought them before Feixiao and Huai Yan, who moved to capture them and send them to Zhuming. As the group prepared to fight, Silver Wolf suddenly declared her love for Kiana, leaving everyone stunned.

• Blade, Silver Wolf, and Sam emerged from the wreckage of a spaceship after it crashed into Feixiao's Star Skiff, and Feixiao recognized them as Stellaron Hunters.
• The scene shifted to a port, where Blade saw his former master Huai Yan and briefly regained his clarity without Kafka's Spirit Whisper.
• Kiana and Feixiao arranged for Huai Yan to take the three Stellaron Hunters to Zhuming, while Silver Wolf failed to escape using Aether Editing.
• Feixiao prepared to fight Blade as Yanqing, Dan Heng, and the others readied themselves to help capture the Stellaron Hunters.
• Silver Wolf pulled out a pink letter and proclaimed her longing for Kiana, leaving Kiana, March 7th, Feixiao, and the others stunned.

Sparkle impersonated Silver Wolf, was exposed by Kiana, and escaped. The real Silver Wolf crawled from the wreckage and was saved from Sam’s attack by Kiana, while the Stellaron Hunters later escaped the others.

• Kiana recognized Sparkle behind Silver Wolf’s disguise, and Sparkle dropped the act before escaping with an unknown technique.
• Silver Wolf crawled out of the wreckage, but Sam mistook her for Sparkle and charged at her in her combustion state.
• Kiana shielded Silver Wolf from Sam’s attack with a spatial barrier, leaving Silver Wolf shaken by her rescue.
• Silver Wolf wondered whether her feelings for Kiana were love, then looked around and realized she was somewhere unfamiliar.
• The three Stellaron Hunters escaped despite Feixiao, Huai Yan, and Kiana pursuing them, and no one knew how they had done it.

Fu Xuan returned to the Luofu, learned that the Divination Department had been working diligently, and discovered Qing Que rehearsing a welcome for the wrong person. When Fu Xuan reached the exhausted department, its workers greeted her as the lifeline they had been waiting for.

• Feixiao and Huai Yan left the Luofu, and Fu Xuan arrived to find Kiana and several officials waiting at the port.
• Fu Xuan realized the officials had come because of the damaged Star Skiffs, then learned Jing Yuan had been hospitalized after Kiana beat him.
• Fu Xuan was shocked to hear that the Divination Department had been working hard and brought Kiana with her to visit it.
• Qing Que mistook Sparkle for Fu Xuan and welcomed her as the Supreme Diviner before noticing Fu Xuan behind her.
• Fu Xuan spared Qing Que from punishment, and Qing Que headed to Changle Heaven to play Jade Tiles.
• At the Divination Department, Fu Xuan found the workers lifeless and gave a delirious diviner leave to rest.

Fu Xuan returned to the Divination Department and found her staff exhausted from taking on her workload for Kiana’s sake, then sent most of them home and made Qing Que remain on duty. At the Seat of Divine Foresight, Kiana invoked her agreement with Jing Yuan and demanded that he put on a little pink skirt.

• Fu Xuan learned that the diviners had taken on her workload because they did not want to let Kiana down, then ordered everyone except two people to go home and rest.
• Fu Xuan brought Kiana to the Divination Department and assigned Qing Que to remain on duty while the others were away.
• Qing Que was caught playing tiles and dragged herself back to work after Fu Xuan refused to let her take the day off.
• Kiana and Fu Xuan arrived at the Seat of Divine Foresight, where Kiana sat on Jing Yuan’s throne and shared pastries with Fu Xuan.
• Kiana reminded Jing Yuan of his promise from the Martial Arts Ceremony and ordered him to put on a little pink skirt.

Kiana brought Fu Xuan and March 7th together for a playful battle, then woke to find them clinging to her. She cooked breakfast and shared a photo with her contacts, whose reactions ranged from praise to disbelief, leaving her surrounded by an echo chamber insisting she could not have made it herself.

• Kiana transformed Jing Yuan and photographed him in a pink dress before taking Fu Xuan back to her residence.
• Fu Xuan and March 7th joined Kiana in a playful battle, but Kiana outlasted them and went to sleep between them.
• Kiana woke to find Fu Xuan and March 7th hugging her, then decided to prove she could cook by making breakfast.
• Kiana sent pictures of her breakfast to friends and family, receiving praise from Asta and others while Liuying discussed her own cooking troubles.
• Himeko, Pom-Pom, Welt Yang, Black Swan, and Dan Heng all insisted Kiana could not have made the breakfast herself.

Kiana helped organize the Luofu’s annual physical examinations, but her changes turned the event into a series of odd tests. Ling Sha questioned March 7th and Sushang after they gave wildly different answers to a simple question, while Fu Xuan had earlier sparred with March 7th and wondered if white hair was needed to become general.

• Kiana cooked breakfast for March 7th and Fu Xuan, then force-fed March 7th when she doubted the food.
• Fu Xuan challenged March 7th to a sword match, deflected her attacks, and praised how quickly March 7th had improved after winning.
• Ling Sha recalled that Kiana had taken over preparations for the annual physical examinations, changing the original fasting bloodwork into an intelligence test without Ling Sha or Jing Yuan realizing it.
• Ling Sha asked March 7th and Sushang why lightning was seen before thunder; March 7th answered that light traveled faster than sound, while Sushang claimed it was because eyes were in front of ears.
• March 7th accepted Sushang’s explanation, leaving Ling Sha to wonder whether the examination should continue in the future.

Ling Sha lost her temper after discovering that the physical examination records were falsified, and Kiana and Sparkle encouraged her to confront the Alchemy Commission officials who had opposed her. After beating the officials in a pink sack, Ling Sha bought a larger sack, a club, rope, and candles, then continued toward home with Kiana.

• Ling Sha sent Sushang away for remedial lessons, while Kiana recorded the incident and Himeko took March 7th back to the train for tutoring.
• Ling Sha ordered Kiana to undergo a physical examination, then discovered that the submitted examination forms contained outdated, fabricated information.
• Sparkle and Kiana egged Ling Sha on until she demanded the records be redone and set off with Kiana and a pink sack.
• Ling Sha attacked the Alchemy Commission officials who had opposed her six-hour workday proposal, stopping when Sparkle told her not to reward them.
• Ling Sha bought a larger sack, a club, rope, and candles, then put them away and walked toward home while holding Kiana's hand.

Ling Sha, Kiana, Fu Xuan, and Sparkle conspired to attack Jing Yuan Yuan, leaving Jing Yuan injured and Fu Xuan appointed Acting General. With Fu Xuan back in office, Ling Sha regained time for making incense and sachets, then messaged Kiana to offer some for her travels.

• Fu Xuan followed Ling Sha and Kiana after learning they planned to put Jing Yuan in a sack, and she chose not to stop or report them.
• The group ambushed Jing Yuan Yuan, who rolled into a hole after tripping on the sack; Fu Xuan became Acting General while Sparkle was named as the culprit.
• Fu Xuan issued regulations that helped restore order at the Alchemy Commission, and Ling Sha was glad she had acted on impulse.
• After finishing a large batch of incense and sachets, Ling Sha messaged Kiana and asked whether she would use some during a journey.
• Kiana received Ling Sha's message while lying bored at home, waiting for Fu Xuan to return from work.

Kiana and the others spent a passionate night on the Luofu before the Astral Express crew prepared to leave. After a farewell gathering, the train departed without a chosen destination, and March 7th asked whether they were still going to Amphoreus.

• Ling Sha sent Kiana incense and scented sachets for everyone on the train, including a special one for Fu Xuan.
• Fu Xuan and March 7th used the incense and elaborate outfits to try to overpower Kiana, but Kiana outlasted them, and they fell asleep by morning.
• Fu Xuan questioned Ling Sha about the incense's effectiveness, and Ling Sha suggested that she and March 7th were still weaker than Kiana.
• Fu Xuan, Qingque, Ling Sha, Huo Huo, Sushang, Guinaifen, and Jing Yuan Yuan joined others in seeing off the Astral Express crew, while Bailu was kept away at the Alchemy Commission.
• Pom-Pom printed the farewell photo for the observation car, and March 7th asked where the train was headed as it traveled slowly away from the Luofu.
• March 7th reminded Pom-Pom that they had discussed going to Amphoreus during their time in Penacony.

The Express crew voted to travel to Penacony, then stopped at Herta Space Station to restock and check Stelle’s Stellaron. Asta eagerly welcomed Kiana and persuaded her to transform into her childhood catgirl form, which left Asta delighted and cuddling her.

• Himeko and Black Swan suggested taking shorter trips before the Express began its long journey to Amphoreus, and the crew discussed Belobog, Herta Space Station, and Penacony.
• Stelle spotted a trash can survive an asteroid impact and declared it her destined one, interrupting the discussion about their destination.
• Pom-Pom counted the ballots and revealed that everyone had voted for Penacony; Himeko, Welt Yang, Stelle, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Kiana each explained their choices.
• The Express stopped at Herta Space Station to restock and examine Stelle’s Stellaron, where Asta welcomed the crew and led Kiana to her room.
• Asta asked to see Kiana’s childhood catgirl form, and Kiana transformed into a small white-haired catgirl with blue eyes and extra ears.
• Asta embraced Kiana and inhaled deeply as Kiana sat in her arms.

Herta examined Kiana after her return to the Space Station, and the results showed that Kiana had grown to Emanator-level strength through her own power. The chapter left Herta and Asta confronting how Kiana’s immense Honkai Energy defied the power system of the Star Rail universe.

• Herta arrived at Kiana’s room, caught Asta cuddling a kitten-sized Kiana, and withdrew after misunderstanding what she saw.
• Herta summoned Kiana to her laboratory for an examination, teased her about undressing, and secretly brought her a warm blanket.
• Herta’s scan revealed unusual data, and Asta went to the laboratory after finding Kiana missing from her room.
• Asta read the report and learned that Kiana’s body exceeded the strength of many Emanators and that she could release enough Honkai Energy to destroy a star.
• Herta and Asta faced the fact that Kiana had gained this power through herself rather than by following a Path.

Ms. Herta tested whether Kiana could give rise to a new Path in the Simulated Universe, then Kiana returned to Herta Space Station and Asta delayed the Express crew’s departure to celebrate her birthday. The chapter ended with Kiana and March 7th both surprised to learn that it was Kiana’s birthday.

• Ms. Herta accelerated the Simulated Universe to study whether Kiana’s growth could create a new Path, but the simulation ran out of computing power before producing a new Aeon.
• Ms. Herta sent Kiana and Asta out of her laboratory with Kiana’s blanket, snacks, and requested items, then slammed the door after Kiana called her a jerk.
• Asta doted on Kiana during her stay, while March 7th urged the Express crew to leave; Asta persuaded the others to delay their departure for two days.
• Asta won March 7th over by showing her the Kiana Cat collection and photographs, while the crew prepared to celebrate Kiana’s birthday.
• March 7th and Kiana both realized they had not known that the day was Kiana’s birthday.

At Kiana’s Space Station celebration, March 7th accidentally gave her alcohol, and the tipsy Kiana asked Asta and March 7th to stay with her overnight. March 7th asked whether Asta loved Kiana romantically, and later reassured the pretending-to-sleep Asta that she and Fu Xuan accepted sharing Kiana, leaving Asta listening in silence.

• Asta and the researchers celebrated Kiana’s arrival day, and Herta personally toasted her before leaving Asta a bottle of alcohol.
• March 7th unknowingly fed Kiana wine, and Kiana became flushed, sleepy, and unusually affectionate.
• Asta and March 7th brought Kiana to her room, where she pleaded with them to stay; March 7th persuaded Asta to sleep beside them.
• March 7th asked Asta if she loved Kiana romantically, and Asta silently questioned how she truly felt.
• Herta looked through old photographs of Asta and Kiana and wondered whether her efforts to bring them closer had worked.
• March 7th told the pretending-to-sleep Asta that she and Fu Xuan accepted sharing Kiana, while admitting she had felt jealous too.